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Powys County Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Quddwah heading for Queen Anne date
Simon and Ed Crisford's smart miler Quddwah is reported on course for a crack at the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Three career visits to the Berkshire track have resulted in two wins and a creditable fifth in the QEII on Champions Day and he returned to action with a pleasing success at ParisLongchamp. 'Quddwah is good and has come out of it very well. He won what was a hot Listed race well and that should put him spot on for Royal Ascot,' said Ed Crisford. 'We're planning to go to the Queen Anne at Ascot. It's going to be a red-hot race, but he deserves to be in it and has some good course form – he won the Summer Mile at the track well last year and ran well enough in the QEII at the end of last year at Ascot. 'That day he was dropped out and sat last and came with a run, but it was all too late and he finished fifth. This year he's going to be a bit wiser to that top-level racing having experienced that and deserves his chance to run in a race like the Queen Anne.' Crisford also had news of smart filly Arabian Dusk, who was a Group Two winner as a juvenile and finished third to Lake Victoria in the Cheveley Park Stakes. She is also bound for the Royal meeting. She appears to be coming nicely to the boil this year and was most recently seen missing out by a short head to Symbol Of Honour in the Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock. 'She's come out of Haydock superbly well and, all being well, will head to the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot,' added Crisford. 'The fillies' programme is never ideal at this time of year and you do find yourself running against colts, but she is showing up well against them and she's a high-quality sprinter. 'A straight, stiff six (furlongs) at Ascot is probably exactly what she wants. It's going to be a hot race, but if she can run to the best she can do, I think she will be right in the mix.'
North Wales Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Kind Of Blue set for seasonal return at Chantilly on Sunday
Winner of the British Champions Sprint in October, a small setback ruled James Fanshawe's star out of an intended trip to the Curragh last weekend and now he reverts to the minimum distance for his Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes tune-up. Richard Brown, racing adviser for owners Wathnan Racing, said: 'The plan was to go to the Greenlands (at the Curragh) or the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes, but we got a little hold up. It was nothing serious, but enough to hold us up a couple of days and miss a piece of work which is why he missed the engagement at the Curragh. 'He's back and we're very happy with him now. It's obviously a sub-optimal trip in terms of five furlongs, but it's important to get a run into him before hopefully going to Royal Ascot. 'It's not an ideal trip, but it's all about preparing to Ascot and hopefully he can get a good blow in on Sunday and that will leave us in a good place.' Further British interest in the race is provided by Simon and Ed Crisford's Cornwallis Stakes scorer Coto De Caza, while the same team will also saddle Ripon Listed winner Soldier's Heart in the Prix Marchand d'Or. Ed Crisford said: 'Soldier's Heart is a really nice horse and a very good sprinter. 'He's been off since last August and he'll improve for this first run back both sharpness and fitness wise, but we think he's in good order and has been training well. 'We'll see how he gets on in France on Sunday before confirming a plan, but I suspect if he was to run well on Sunday he could head to Royal Ascot.' The Listed event also features Joseph O'Brien's Midnight Strike and Karl Burke's Arabie, with the latter no stranger to action on the continent and also a course and distance winner in the Prix Robert Papin last season. The same connections see Ascot runner-up Super Soldier go to post for the opening Prix la Fleche, which also features Jack Morland's Marygate Stakes fourth Saucy Jane and ex-pat Amy Murphy's Nyoka. Eve Johnson Houghton's Conqueror Stakes runner-up Betty Clover takes aim at the Group Two Prix de Sandringham, with Andrew Balding's Cheshire Oaks second Secret Of Love in action in the Group Three Prix de Royaumont.
South Wales Guardian
3 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Kind Of Blue set for seasonal return at Chantilly on Sunday
Winner of the British Champions Sprint in October, a small setback ruled James Fanshawe's star out of an intended trip to the Curragh last weekend and now he reverts to the minimum distance for his Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes tune-up. Richard Brown, racing adviser for owners Wathnan Racing, said: 'The plan was to go to the Greenlands (at the Curragh) or the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes, but we got a little hold up. It was nothing serious, but enough to hold us up a couple of days and miss a piece of work which is why he missed the engagement at the Curragh. 'He's back and we're very happy with him now. It's obviously a sub-optimal trip in terms of five furlongs, but it's important to get a run into him before hopefully going to Royal Ascot. 'It's not an ideal trip, but it's all about preparing to Ascot and hopefully he can get a good blow in on Sunday and that will leave us in a good place.' Further British interest in the race is provided by Simon and Ed Crisford's Cornwallis Stakes scorer Coto De Caza, while the same team will also saddle Ripon Listed winner Soldier's Heart in the Prix Marchand d'Or. Ed Crisford said: 'Soldier's Heart is a really nice horse and a very good sprinter. 'He's been off since last August and he'll improve for this first run back both sharpness and fitness wise, but we think he's in good order and has been training well. 'We'll see how he gets on in France on Sunday before confirming a plan, but I suspect if he was to run well on Sunday he could head to Royal Ascot.' The Listed event also features Joseph O'Brien's Midnight Strike and Karl Burke's Arabie, with the latter no stranger to action on the continent and also a course and distance winner in the Prix Robert Papin last season. The same connections see Ascot runner-up Super Soldier go to post for the opening Prix la Fleche, which also features Jack Morland's Marygate Stakes fourth Saucy Jane and ex-pat Amy Murphy's Nyoka. Eve Johnson Houghton's Conqueror Stakes runner-up Betty Clover takes aim at the Group Two Prix de Sandringham, with Andrew Balding's Cheshire Oaks second Secret Of Love in action in the Group Three Prix de Royaumont.
Powys County Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Kind Of Blue set for seasonal return at Chantilly on Sunday
Kind Of Blue will make his belated return to the track at Chantilly on Sunday when he blows away the cobwebs ahead of Royal Ascot in the Prix du Gros-Chene on the French Derby undercard. Winner of the British Champions Sprint in October, a small setback ruled James Fanshawe's star out of an intended trip to the Curragh last weekend and now he reverts to the minimum distance for his Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes tune-up. Richard Brown, racing adviser for owners Wathnan Racing, said: 'The plan was to go to the Greenlands (at the Curragh) or the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes, but we got a little hold up. It was nothing serious, but enough to hold us up a couple of days and miss a piece of work which is why he missed the engagement at the Curragh. 'He's back and we're very happy with him now. It's obviously a sub-optimal trip in terms of five furlongs, but it's important to get a run into him before hopefully going to Royal Ascot. 'It's not an ideal trip, but it's all about preparing to Ascot and hopefully he can get a good blow in on Sunday and that will leave us in a good place.' Further British interest in the race is provided by Simon and Ed Crisford's Cornwallis Stakes scorer Coto De Caza, while the same team will also saddle Ripon Listed winner Soldier's Heart in the Prix Marchand d'Or. Ed Crisford said: 'Soldier's Heart is a really nice horse and a very good sprinter. 'He's been off since last August and he'll improve for this first run back both sharpness and fitness wise, but we think he's in good order and has been training well. 'We'll see how he gets on in France on Sunday before confirming a plan, but I suspect if he was to run well on Sunday he could head to Royal Ascot.' The Listed event also features Joseph O'Brien's Midnight Strike and Karl Burke's Arabie, with the latter no stranger to action on the continent and also a course and distance winner in the Prix Robert Papin last season. The same connections see Ascot runner-up Super Soldier go to post for the opening Prix la Fleche, which also features Jack Morland's Marygate Stakes fourth Saucy Jane and ex-pat Amy Murphy's Nyoka.
Leader Live
3 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Kind Of Blue set for seasonal return at Chantilly on Sunday
Winner of the British Champions Sprint in October, a small setback ruled James Fanshawe's star out of an intended trip to the Curragh last weekend and now he reverts to the minimum distance for his Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes tune-up. Richard Brown, racing adviser for owners Wathnan Racing, said: 'The plan was to go to the Greenlands (at the Curragh) or the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes, but we got a little hold up. It was nothing serious, but enough to hold us up a couple of days and miss a piece of work which is why he missed the engagement at the Curragh. 'He's back and we're very happy with him now. It's obviously a sub-optimal trip in terms of five furlongs, but it's important to get a run into him before hopefully going to Royal Ascot. 'It's not an ideal trip, but it's all about preparing to Ascot and hopefully he can get a good blow in on Sunday and that will leave us in a good place.' Further British interest in the race is provided by Simon and Ed Crisford's Cornwallis Stakes scorer Coto De Caza, while the same team will also saddle Ripon Listed winner Soldier's Heart in the Prix Marchand d'Or. Ed Crisford said: 'Soldier's Heart is a really nice horse and a very good sprinter. 'He's been off since last August and he'll improve for this first run back both sharpness and fitness wise, but we think he's in good order and has been training well. 'We'll see how he gets on in France on Sunday before confirming a plan, but I suspect if he was to run well on Sunday he could head to Royal Ascot.' The Listed event also features Joseph O'Brien's Midnight Strike and Karl Burke's Arabie, with the latter no stranger to action on the continent and also a course and distance winner in the Prix Robert Papin last season. The same connections see Ascot runner-up Super Soldier go to post for the opening Prix la Fleche, which also features Jack Morland's Marygate Stakes fourth Saucy Jane and ex-pat Amy Murphy's Nyoka. Eve Johnson Houghton's Conqueror Stakes runner-up Betty Clover takes aim at the Group Two Prix de Sandringham, with Andrew Balding's Cheshire Oaks second Secret Of Love in action in the Group Three Prix de Royaumont.
